Resource Data Management is launching a raft of new products at this year’s Chillventa and introducing a number of important developments to existing products. 

The company recently revealed ambitious plans to accelerate its global growth and is unveiling 20 new products this year, including what it says is an industry first with on-board fibre-optic connectivity, to deliver unmatched speed and power.

Among the products to be revealed at Chillventa is touchXL, the latest member of RDM’s pioneering touch screen family. The slimline Touch XL incorporates a large HD 10in touch-screen interface, audio sounder and USB port, CAN Bus, POE Ethernet and fibre with flexible installation options for wall- or panel-mounting.

The multi-function device can act as a remote display, orbit Data Manager repeater console or stand-alone controller, and has a graphic display that can be customised for easy access to data and settings from an RDM Intuitive controller.

As an orbit console connected to a dmTouch LAN, it can act as an additional user interface and alarm console, with the same menus and screens, making it easy and quick to use for operators.

Key advantages include flexible communication options, IP allowing the controller to be sited hundreds of meters from the controller and CANbus, enabling the Touch XL to act as an intelligent controller and display in one, eliminating the need for two separate products.

It can accommodate multiple power supply options, including a choice of either POE, (Power over Ethernet) or a low voltage 24v supply.

Also at Chillventa is the TDB Editor 2, which RDM says represents a major advance with improved design and lay-out, making it easier to access key features – reducing programming time.

Multiple TDB programs can be opened in a single TDB Editor session, streamlining program management. Users can easily copy elements of a TDB strategy from one TDB program to another, further reducing development time.

Other important developments include selectable Tool Boxes to suit the needs of the engineer, allowing users to create programs more quickly.

RDM says that in an industry first, its Data Manager will be equipped with fibre-optic communications, enabling a connection from either a Mercury Switch or the new touchXL. This will allow data to be transmitted over extended distances of up to 2km. This represents a huge leap forward when compared with CAT5 IP networks, which transmit up to 100m before requiring a network switch or repeater to extend by a further 100m, and so on.

With its greater bandwidth, fibre can transmit much more data than CAT5 patch cable.

Fibre communications offer much greater resilience from EMC-related interference, providing a more robust and reliable network connection. This makes installation of cabling easier, as they can run alongside power cables and in close proximity to electrically noisy equipment, which could otherwise affect conventional cabling systems.

A further advantage of fibre is that, being non-conductive, it is immune from voltage surges such as those generated during lighting strikes, providing further resilience and stability.

Other new products at Chillventa include the Kw^heb energy dashboard, which gives end users unprecedented information on, and control over energy usage at individual store, national estate or global level, the company claims.  

Also on show is the Data Manager Dynamic with a new real time graphing feature; a new range of smart, competitively priced controllers designed for use by the OEM market; the new Mercury Mk3 controller; the Intuitive Mercury Wi-Fi Interface; the Intuitive Wi-Fi Interface (PR0650 Platform); 240v Intuitive Mercury Stepper Package; CT Din; USB DIN - 8 Channel Pulse Input Module; 485 din; In Out IP Din; and the IP Din.